This is the candid moment a wild elephant family walked by a camera trap at a Thai wildlife sanctuary.

Footage shows the herd, composed of calves and adult jumbos, shuffling past the surveillance device at the Tabo–Huai Yai Wildlife Sanctuary in Phitsanulok province on February 22.

The Conservation Area Administration Office 11 in Phitsanulok, Thailand said that the video reflected the abundance of Thai forests which were patrolled and protected by forest rangers.

The office added that the elephant population is being conserved by wildlife officers and local communities.

Thailand has an estimated 2,000 Asian elephants living in the wild where they wander freely among protected forests. Male Asian elephants, unlike African elephants, roam alone once they are over 10 years old while females remain with the herd.

There is sometimes conflict when they come into contact with humans on roads and in villages so wildlife rangers are tasked with monitoring their movements.

An estimated 3,000 elephants in the country are also kept in captivity to work in the tourist industry or at religious festivals and weddings. A small number still work in commercial logging.